Gloomy Sunday Chords

KeyAm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays734

Gloomy Sunday by Sarah McLachlan is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Am
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Speed
  			

 
  (all chords relative to the capo) 
 
    Am             Am 
E|---------------------------------------------| 
B|-------1-----1-------1-----1---------1-----1-| 
G|---2-------2-------2-----2---2-----2-----2---| 
D|-----2---2-------2-----2---------2-----2-----| 
A|-0-------------------------------------------| 
E|---------------3---------------2-------------| 
 

 
E|-----------------------------------------------| 
B|-------1---0-----------1-----1-------1-----1---| 
G|-----2---2---2-------2-----2-------2-----2---2-| 
D|---2-----------2---2-----2-------2-----2-------| 
A|-----------------0-----------------------------| 
E|-1-----------------------------3---------------| 
 

 
E|---------------------------------| 
B|-------3-----3---------1-----0---| 
G|-----2-----2---2-----2-----2---2-| 
D|---2-----2---------2-----2-------| (intro 2xs andverses) 
A|---------------------------------| 
E|-2---------------1---------------| 
 

Bridge 1 and 2: 
 
E|-------1-----1---------1-----1---------1-----1---| 
B|-----3-----3---3-----3-----3---3-----3-----3---3-| 
G|---2-----2---------2-----2---------2-----2-------| 
D|-0---------------3---------------0---------------| 
A|-------------------------------------------------| 
E|-------------------------------------------------| 
 

these 2 parts (above and below) are for "little white flowers..." 
and for "soon there'll be candles..." below is 
the continuation for the part above.. not a new 
part... 

 
E|-------------0---------------------------------| 
B|-------3-------3-------------------------------| 
G|---0-4-----4-----------------------------------| 
D|-2-------2-------------------------------------| 
A|-----------------------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------------------| 
 

and the part below is for "dreamin'..." 
Bridge 3 
 
E|---------0-----0-------0-------0---------0-----0-| 
B|-------1-----1-------1---1---1-----0-0-0-----0---| 
G|-----2-----2-------2-------2---------------2-----| 
D|---2---------------------------------------------| 
A|-0---------------2---------------4---------------| 
E|-------------------------------------------------| 
 

 
E|-------0-----| 
B|-----1---1---| 
G|---2-------2-|    at the end of this, theres a 
D|-------------|    slight variation...its real hard 
A|-2-----------|    to hear, so i didnt put it... 
E|-------------|    its almost the same though... 
 
				       after that part, go back to 
                 the main part 
                 (intro and the verses) 

the end is basically the same... but last few picks are 
done like this: 

 
E|-------------0---| 
B|-------0-0h1---1-| 
G|-----2-----------|  thats basically it... its not 
D|---2-------------|  PERFECT i know... but i think 
A|-0---------------|  its close to the real thing... 
E|-----------------|    :) hope this helps... 
 

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante